New cycloartane-type ester triterpenes from Euphorbia pterococca and biological evaluation

Autor: Patricia Schenker, Jürg Gertsch, Mohammed Benkhaled, Hamada Haba, Andrea Salm, Sandra Carralero, Imane Benabdelaziz, Santiago Gómez-Ruiz
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Fitoterapia. 127
ISSN: 1873-6971
Popis: From acetonic extract of the whole plant Euphorbia pterococca Brot. (Euphorbiaceae), four new cycloartane-type ester triterpenes named cycloartenyl-2′E,4′E-decadienoate (1), cycloartenyl-2′E,4′Z-decadienoate (2), 24-methylenecycloartanyl-2′E,4′Z-tetradecadienoate (3), and 24-oxo-29-norcycloartanyl-2′E,4′Z-hexadecadienoate (4) were obtained along with nine known tetracyclic triterpenes (5–13). Their structures were established mainly by extensive use of spectroscopic techniques, including 1D (1H and 13C) and 2D homo- and heteronuclear NMR experiments (COSY, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY), and mass spectrometry (HRESIMS), and by comparison with data reported in the literature. In addition, the new compounds 1–3 have been tested for cytotoxicity, trypanocidal effects and on enzymes involved in endocannabinoid degradation. While inactive in all assays up to 100 μM, 1 showed selective inhibition of α/β-hydrolase 12 with an IC50 of 11.6 ± 1.9 μM.
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